printed canvas warped in humidity

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January 16th, 2011, 12:49 PM
belfie

printed canvas warped in humidity

I have a big (approx metre tall) printed canvas (from Ikea). With the recent humidity in Melb (yeah, melb!) the supporting strut across the back has swelled & bowed. I'm thinking I just place it face down with something really heavy on the strut to try flatten it out again. Any other ideas? Do you reckon it will go back?

TIA!

Belfie
P.S. It's my lounge feature pic, so I really hope it's fixable!
January 17th, 2011, 08:39 AM
belfie

:bump:
January 17th, 2011, 10:31 AM
~Raven~

It might be worth a try! As long as you don't think it would cause damage in another way though.
January 17th, 2011, 10:46 AM
suse

Has the timber already dried, or is it still humid? If it has dried, you'd be best dampening the timber a little before attempting to reshape it as it will be brittle and could snap. Good luck!
January 17th, 2011, 11:35 AM
LimeSlice

Take it to a framer and get it redone maybe?

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